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Akoko language

Akoko language

Volta–Niger dialect cluster of Nigeria

North Akoko, usually abbreviated as Akoko and also known as Arigidi, is a dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria. It appears to form a branch of the "Yoruba–Edo–Akoko–Igbo" (YEAI) group of Niger–Congo languages.[citation needed] It is spoken in the LGAs of Akoko North East, Akoko North West, Ekiti East, and Ijumu (Ethnologue).

A short introductory expose of Arigidi in Arigidi language by a native speaker
A short introductory expose of Oke-agbe in Oke-agbe language by a native speaker
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Varieties

Akokoid varieties include Arigidi, Erúṣú, Oyín, Ìgáṣí Eṣé, Urò, Ọ̀jọ̀, Àfá, Ògè, Ìdò, and Àjè.[2]

Below is a list of Arigidi language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[3]

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Internal classification

The internal classification of Akokoid language varieties is given by Fadoro (2010) as:[4]: 137 

Akokoid
  • Arigidi
    • Arigidi
    • Erushu
  • Ọ̀wọ̀n
    • varieties in Oke Agbe
      • Afa
      • Aje
      • Udo
      • Oge
    • varieties outside Oke Agbe
      • Oyin
      • Igashi
      • Uro

Arigidi and Erushu are mutually intelligible with each other; varieties spoken in Oke Agbe with each other; and varieties spoken outside Oke Agbe with each other. However, these three groups are not mutually intelligible with each other.[4]: 137 

Reconstructions

The following list of Proto-Akokoid reconstructions is from Blench (n.d.).[5]

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See also

References

For a list of words relating to Akoko language, see the Arigidi language category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  1. [1]
    (North) Akoko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Oshodi, Boluwaji. 2012. The Arigidi Cluster: an Internal Re-classification. Towards Proto-Niger-Congo: Comparison and Reconstruction (International Congress), 18-21 September 2012, Paris.
  3. [3]
    Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
  4. [4]
    Fadọrọ, Jacob Oludare. 2010. Phonological and lexical variations in Akokoid. Doctoral dissertation, University of Ibadan.
  5. [5]
    Blench, Roger. Comparative Akokoid.

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